Meaning & use
Crenellated
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Having a battlement with alternating gaps and raised sections along the top of a wall.
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The crenellated towers of the castle rose against the horizon.
Tourists walked along the crenellated ramparts of the old fortress.
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Originally a defensive feature allowing archers to shoot from behind cover, now often purely decorative on buildings.
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battlemented
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